Congrats to @jsecon.bsky.social on the Inaugural Conference!

Join us for the final day of #JSE2026 Gordon Conference Room or Online: umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/92832241283

We are thrilled to announce the JSE Inaugural Conference! Join us on May 19th and 20th at UMass-Amherst (in Gordon Hall). Check out the attached conference schedule for session details. We hope to see you there!

Excited about our new paper led by postdoc Jacob Feder, which examines social organization variation of baboons and their relatives. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Jacob's website here: jacobfeder.weebly.com UMass news release here: www.umass.edu/news/article...

While crossover is a well-established concept in youth media studies, its application as a pedagogical tool for the college classroom offers fresh perspectives. SBS faculty members Sadiyah Malcolm-Wallace and Bridgette Davis have turned the TV trope into a teaching innovation:

The Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course (AAGE) Biennial Conference 2026--AGING: The Where and When--takes place at UMass Amherst this weekend, May 8 - 10. Highlights include an opening night Keynote Address by Nadine Changfoot. All are welcome!

The 2025 Annual Best Paper Award from the Review of Radical Political Economics has been awarded to a paper coauthored by Deepankar Basu, UMass Amherst Professor of Economics, and economics graduate students Cameron Hass and Thanos Moraitis!

Congratulations to Peter Dunn, landscape architecture and regional planning, and Brian Sargent, sociology and public policy, for being selected to the CTL's new cohort of Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence!

Join us on Tuesday at 1 pm (CST)/2 pm (EST), if you're available, to launch my book! Register at umn.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @ucpress.bsky.social @sbs-umass.bsky.social

Last week, Briana N. Doering (University of Wyoming) delivered a talk on bone working and sewing practices in Alaska in support of her mentorship of ISSR Scholar Anna Antoniou (Anthropology). We've added a video of this talk to our website: www.umass.edu/social-scien...

We're so close!! Right now, we only need 8--make that 7!--more gifts of just $5 or more to our Faculty Excellence Fund to unlock a $150,000 gift on behalf of generous anonymous donors! Can you pitch in or share the news? THANK YOU for your support! umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-...

It's the last day of UMassGives, and you can help us unlock $150,000 to advance faculty excellence at SBS! 15 gifts of any size made to our Faculty Excellence fund will achieve it: umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-... Thank you! Browse all the SBS funds here: umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-...

Join book launch event: "Against Money" with authors @jwmason.bsky.social & Arjun Jayadev. May 5, 4pm. In-person-UMass Amherst. Panelists: Christine Desan, Gerald Epstein, and Perry Mehrling. Moderator: Robert Pollin peri.umass.edu/event/agains... @sbs-umass.bsky.social

@markpachucki.bsky.social (Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst) writes, "Academic freedom has become a highly polarized topic, especially in recent years. Shouldn’t it be a non-partisan issue that we want our next generation of workers to thrive?" sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/27/a...

UMass Amherst’s two-day online giving campaign, #UMassGives, is happening now! Last year, over 735 generous donors raised over $426,000 for SBS. Your support empowers programs and opportunities for our students--support what you love! umass.scalefunder.com/gday/giving-...

TODAY! If you're in Western Mass, join us -- it will be a great conversation with Sareeta, Timothy, and Jonathan! @umassamherst.bsky.social @sbs-umass.bsky.social

ICYMI, the annual Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture with Jared Bernstein is happening now (4/16/26, 4pm ET) at @umassamherst.bsky.social, but you can also catch the livestream: youtu.be/nc5Ep4pXkuM

Hey, @planetmoney.bsky.social is onto something here! New weekend plans: Reading @umassamherst.bsky.social Professor of Economics @arindube.bsky.social's new book + rewatching Alien 📖🍿

New research from Prof. Lucy Xiaolu Wang & Prof. Nathan W. Chan of @umassamherst.bsky.social Resource Economics! "Cannabis illustrates a particularly confusing tension between regulatory restrictions on one hand and research and innovation on the other":

Economist and author Jared Bernstein will deliver "The Political Economy of Affordability," the economics department's annual Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture at @umassamherst.bsky.social on Thursday, April 16, at 4 p.m. in Bowker Auditorium. Free and open to the public!

At an April 6, 2026 ceremony, the @umassamherst.bsky.social chapter of the @pisigmaalpha.bsky.social Political Science Honors Society inducted new members in a ceremony featuring an empowering speech by Congressman @repmcgovern.bsky.social! Read more: www.umass.edu/social-scien...

Young people are the future—and because of the incredible young leaders I met at UMass’ National Political Science Honor Society—I can confidently say that our future is in good hands. Thanks for inviting me to speak about the importance of public service at your annual induction ceremony!

We're so delighted that Prof. Zamith has received a Distinguished Teaching Award! This honor has been presented for more than 60 years to @umassamherst.bsky.social instructors who demonstrate exemplary teaching at the highest level.

📆 Fri. 4/10 @ 7PM: Professor and "go-to guy on minimum wage" Arindrajit Dube joins us in store for a discussion of his book "The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It". He will be joined in conversation by MIT Professor David Autor. Learn more: buff.ly/ZQO2gFM

Recently, one of our journalism classes welcomed Sophie Weller, a 2023 graduate, to come and speak with them! Weller is a beat writer covering the New England Patriots. She spoke about carving out her own space on the NFL beat and how she continues to love the job every day! Thank you, Sophie! 🏈✨

This Friday! Don't miss Chenoweth.bsky.social in dialogue w/Jamie Rowen (Dir., Ctr for Justice, Law & Societies) on lessons from civil resistance in the US and abroad to the current political moment. 4/10/26 at 12 noon in Campus Center 168C @umassamherst.bsky.social www.umass.edu/social-scien...

For more than a decade, UMass polisci PhD student Adam Eichen’s work has been driven by a commitment to promoting a more equal and representative democracy. But what was once a topic that rarely garnered mainstream coverage has today developed into a pressing issue of widespread concern. Read more:

Congratulations to @jasonkamilar.bsky.social on being elected to the 2025 class of AAAS Fellows "for contributions to the field of primatology, particularly to primate behavior, ecology and evolution" - a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community! www.umass.edu/news/article...

🔜 Weds. 4/1/26, 11 am at Old Chapel, UMass Amherst! Nicholas Butts, Director of AI and Cybersecurity Policy at Microsoft, examines how AI is increasingly used both as an offensive tool and a defensive asset, reshaping global technology infrastructure 🌐 sites.google.com/umass.edu/ai...

Ryan McGrady (@antisomniac.bsky.social) and I just published a new paper about exploring the outer reaches of YouTube - randomly selected videos with only a few views - and the idea that these videos constitute an "accidental archive", a picture of online life and culture: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

Smart as a City drops May 5th and on April 27th I’m hosting a launch event at UMass with some of my favorite thinkers in critical tech studies & ethnography. If you're anywhere in Western Mass or on the East Coast, I'd love to see you there! RSVP here: forms.gle/vthGWYE5Pp1A...

Check out this 🧵 on the important new work in Journalism History by UMass Amherst journalism student Bella Astrofsky '26 and Kathy Roberts Forde, Professor of Journalism ⬇️ (& learn more at www.umass.edu/news/article...)

Tonight, 3/30! Don't miss this opportunity to hear Provost Professor of Economics @arindube.bsky.social in conversation with Professor of Economics & Public Policy Michael Ash about Dube's new book, "The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It" ⬇️

Excellent piece from @isabellamweber.bsky.social and @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social Not just how it plays out, but how it can be managed. These are 2 of the smartest people around, perfect for this moment. www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

🔜 Join us for the 2026 Dean Alfange Jr. Lecture in American Constitutionalism featuring Rogers M. Smith (UPenn), exploring how the Reconstruction Amendments—the 13th, 14th, & 15th—may offer a shared sense of national purpose that guides us toward common ground. Tuesday, 3/24 at 4pm in Old Chapel!

This Thursday, 3/26, at 4pm in Old Chapel! Dr. Dorothy Roberts (UPenn) delivers the @umassamherst.bsky.social Department of Sociology Alice and Peter Rossi Memorial Lecture: "The Mixed Marriage Project: Lessons from the History of Interracial Marriage on Race, Gender, and Love."

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming alumna Alexandra Francisco back to campus! She is a multimedia reporter, sportswriter, and radio and TV host for the New England Patriots. Alex shared her post-grad journey with students, offering valuable insight into sports journalism. Thank you, Alex!

If you missed my UMass @sbs-umass.bsky.social webinar on international law and Iran today, you can read a summary of my key points here: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-israel-ir...

Webinar tomorrow, 3/10! “War with Iran: International and Domestic Implications" will bring together experts to discuss political, legal and humanitarian consequences. Tuesday, 3/10, 4pm ET on Zoom: umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A conversation with Will Trachman and Jesse Rhodes about divergent perspectives on diversity policies in education, the workplace, and federal grantmaking. ⏰️ Thursday, March 12, 2026, 4:00 PM at Old Chapel, UMass Amherst: www.umass.edu/social-scien...

Interested in international law and the US/Israel/Iran war? I'll be speaking on a @sbs-umass.bsky.social webinar with some great colleagues next Tuesday March 10 at 4pm - come join us: www.umass.edu/news/article...

Cheer on anthropology graduate student Laura Haynes at the UMass Amherst 3 Minute Thesis Finals on Friday, March 6th at 2pm in Old Chapel! www.umass.edu/graduate/new...

Rylyn Williams, political science doctoral candidate, has been named a 2026 Founders’ Fellow by the American Society for Public Administration. This prestigious award supports rising leaders like Williams, who studies nonprofit administration and data analytics. www.umass.edu/news/article...

Researchers at @periumass.bsky.social, the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at @umassamherst.bsky.social, recently published a new Greenhouse 100 Suppliers Index ranking the largest corporate contributors to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels: www.umass.edu/news/article...

UMass senior lecturer of journalism Brian McDermott has been named a 2026 Faculty Champion by the University of Vermont's Center for Community News. McDermott plans to use the program and its resources to support a new class he developed, “The Visual Newsroom.”

Resource Economics faculty members Nathalie Lavoie and Christoph Bauner have authored a new study that examines the implications of “natural” food labeling and its impact on consumers. Read more at British Food Journal: doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-...

ICYMI: "The Law & Politics of U.S.Intervention in Venezuela & Beyond," a webinar featuring UMass Amherst faculty with expertise in Venezuelan politics, Latin American affairs and international and domestic law. Originally streamed on Jan. 20, 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS9T...

Today at 4pm at Old Chapel, UMass Amherst! Invite your students, colleagues, and friends to attend an expert panel debate the pros and cons of universal voting policies.

Chris Gardner '88 will highlight the hottest areas of AI venture funding and the skills the market is rewarding most. Students will leave with a roadmap for building resilient, meaningful careers in an AI-driven economy. ✨ Monday 2/23, 3:30 pm, Old Chapel @umassamherst.bsky.social

A simple idea turned into reality 🏒 Journalism seniors Jacob Repper and John Ruggiero launched the UMass Hockey Preview Show with support from faculty and campus resources—turning classroom skills into a professional broadcast experience. Click here to read: www.umass.edu/journalism/n....